Sacked DSS Boss, Daura In Fresh Trouble

Sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura is in fresh trouble as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is preparing to interrogate him over an alleged N17 billion scam

EFCC sources squealed to us that the operatives of the anti-graft agency on Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 visited the police facility at Guzape Abuja where Daura was being held preparatory to receiving him

“It is expected that the former DSS boss will be handed [to the EFCC] over by the police for further interrogation to explain how the N17 billion traced to the headquarters of the DSS was utilized,” said one of the sources at the anti-graft agency

We gathered the money was left behind by Daura’s predecessor, Ita Ekpeyong. It was alleged that Ekpeyong received N20 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the end of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

Ekpeyong, it was also alleged, converted N17 billion into United States of America (USA) dollars, which he left behind when he handed over to Daura. The funds were reportedly traced by EFCC investigators as a fall out of discoveries after the $43 million linked to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was found stashed at a private apartment inside Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos

EFCC sources said operatives of the commission had been working on the investigation report that indicted the management of the DSS, but that the investigation was frustrated by Daura.

DSS agents, on the orders of Daura, prevented EFCC agents from arresting Ita Ekpeyong and sacked DG of NIA, Ayo Oke on November 21, 2017, to prevent the investigation.

Sources said; “Now is a good time to get Daura to answer questions in connection to the investigation earlier started.”